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Baseball -Last updated May 13, 1997
Books Adair, Robert K. The Physics of Baseball . New York: Harper and Row, 1990.
Flatow, Ira. Rainbows, Curveballs, and Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained. New York: Harper and Row, 1989.
Kindall, Jerry; Ed. Science of Coaching Baseball. [Science of Coaching Series] Champaign : Human Kinetics Publishers, 1992.
Kluger, Jeffrey. "What's Behind the Home Run Boom?" Discover , April 1988, pp. 78-79.
Schlossberg, Dan. The Baseball Catalog. New York: Jonathan David Publishers, 1989.
Watts, Robert G. and A. Terry Bahill. Keep Your Eye on the Ball: The Science and Folklore of Baseball . New York: W. H. Freeman and Co., 1990.
Williams, Ted, and John Underwood. The Science of Hitting . New York : Simon & Schuster Trade, 1986.
Articles --. "The Way the Baseball Bounces." Science News, February 24, 1990, pp. 127.
Blanding, Sharon, and John Monteleone. "Baseball: What Makes a Knuckleball Flutter Like a Butterfly and a Curveball Curve?" [Chapter 9 of:] What Makes a Boomerang Come Back: How Things in Sports Work . Ann Arbor : Borders Press, 1992, pp. 1-17.
Fleisig, G. S. , et al. "Biomechanics of Overhand Throwing with Implications for Injuries." Sports Medicine , v21 n6, June 1, 1996, pp. 421.
Hall, Stephen S. "Baseball's Dirty Tricks." [Chapter in:] Newton at the Bat: The Science in Sports . Ed. by Allman, William F., and Eric W. Schrier. Ann Arbor: Books on Demand, 1994, pp.20-24.
"Can You Help the Mets by Watching on TV?" Science , May 19, 1989, p. 773.
"Crack the Case of the Home Run Records. " Current Science , v80 n3, October 7, 1994. pp. 12+
"Dimpled Bat." Current Science , v80 n1, September 9, 1994, p. 15.
"High Tech Up at Bat." Popular Science , v240 n5, May 1992.
"How Baseball Outfielders Determine Where to Run to Catch Fly Balls." Science , v268, n5210, April 28, 1995, p. 569.
"The Latest Slant on Batting." Sports III, v74 n23, June 17, 1991, p.
"Major League Mystery." [baseball construction] Science World , v51 n1, September 2, 1994, p. 12.
Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. Rawlings: The Professional Baseball. [Series of company documents on baseball design.] Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. , P.O. Box 22000, Saint Louis, MO 63126.
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SportsScience. Better Baseball Through Science: Learn How to Hit a Home Run and Other Baseball Skills by Using Scientific Principles . [9 Activities / Experiments] Science Media Inc. P.O. Box 9171, Cambridge, MA 02139.
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